The Laborer's Two Bodies: Literary and Legal Productions in Britain, 1350-1500

by Kellie Robertson

This is an exploration the intellectual consequences of one of the most fundamental shifts in late medieval English society: the first national labour regulation in the wake of the 1348 plague. Bridging the medieval and early modern periods, this book analyzes a wide range of texts and images produced in this initial period of labour regulation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403965161
• ISBN13: 9781403965165
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.6"